Tool-holder.



W. A. WEAVER.

TOOL HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED IEB.20, 191s.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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4 :WIIJSIAM ARTHUR WEAVER, OF'COVENTBY, ENGLAND TOOL-HOLDER.

, V .To all whom it may concern:

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM ARTHUR WEAVER, a subject of the King of Great Britain'and Ireland, and resident of Goventry, lVarwickshire, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, which refers to and com sists of a quick release ball clutch or tool holder, has for its object a clutch or holder capable of being used in any position, horizontal, vertical or angular,while afiordmg a positive connection in all positions.

Upon the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 illustrates a side exterior view (partly in section) and Fig. 2 a complete longitudinal section of a tool holder embodying the invention Fig. 3 illustrates a transverse section of Fig. 2 on line mm. Fig. 4 illustrates a further longitudinal sectlon of the holder, but showing certain of the parts in a different position to that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 lllustrates a sectional plan of Fig. 4 on line 31-31. Fig. 6 illustrates a longitudinal section of a modified construction of holder. Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate modifications of a detail.

According to the invention, the holder comprises the hollow cylindrical part a, with Fitting within such holder is a hollow cylindrical bush 0, the exterior of the bush being cylindrical and neatly fitting the holder, see Fig. sis

preferably formed with a Morse taper bore to suit the usual Morse taper of say the drill or other tool to be held. At its smaller end the bore terminates in a rectangular shaped opening a designed to 'receivethe end of the drill which when in position projects through the opening 0 of the bush. Encircling the holder and freeto move along or aroundv it is a sleeve d. In the inner face of this sleeve are annular recesses d, (1 the former being formed with rectangular shoulders, and the latter being formed with beveled shoulders.

Projecting from the holder are two pins 6, e which extend into the recess d and thereby retain the sleeve on the holder. \Vithin the recess d and encircling the holder a is a coiled spring 7, and by means of this spring the sleeve is normally held in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the wall of the cylindrical part a of Specification of Letters m.

formed side.

2. This bush is Patented Jan.'12,'-1915.

Application filed February 20, 1918. SerialNo; 749,622.

the holder is a through opening 0., and in the periphery of the 'bush 0 is a groove 0,

referably by a milling cutter. W1th1n t e sald opening-a is a hardened steel ball 9. the diameter of which is such that, when the sleeve (Z is in the: position shown in Fig.,2, -the ball touches the inner.

face of the sleeveatone side and the bottomozlf-thegroove o in bush 0 at the'other .With the ball g thus held by .the sleeve (1 in engagement with the groove 0 the ball will actas a key as between .the holder and bush, and thus, on the holder bemgrotatedlin either direction, the bush,

throughthe smedium of the ball,.will also be rotated. To free the buslmthe .ball will require to retire from the groove. This 1s provided for by the recess d That is to say, theslidin of =thez-sleevez-alongithe holder and towar its shank b, brings the recess 01 opposite the ball 9 as shown in Fig. 4, and, with nothing behindthe ball to hold it in the groove 0 the ball is immediately free to retire into. the recess d and thus free the bush, which may then be withdrawn. To reinsert and refix' the bush in the holder the sleeve (5 (if not already moved back) is first moved to the position shown in Fig; 4. The bush is-then inserted in the holder, after which the sleeve is released and allowed to return to its original position whereupon the ball g is caused to reenter the groove 0 and thus again securely hold the bush in the holder. The insertion and removal of the bush can be done while the holder is in motion, the sleeve being readily held stationary and raised andlowered while the holder rotates, and the bush readily leaving the holder as the ball retires from the V groove.

The pins 'e, e are preferably applied as follows: Holes are drilled and tapped in the holder, a hole is also drilled in the sleeve and through such hole first one pin and then the other is screwed into the holes in the holder, the holder being rotated to suit. The holein the sleeve is then plugged up to exclude dirt. To

ening a when the bush is out of the holder, that end next the inner face of the holder is burred over or reduced in diameter, see Fig. 4. To help in holding the bush tightly against the inner end of the holder the groove 0 is slightly inclined, the ball acting to force the bush farther into the holder as well as rotate the bush, see Fig. 7.

- screwed to the holder,

If desired, the groove may be inclined upwardly in both directions from the center, and thus suit for tightening the bush in either direction of rotation, see Fig. 8.

In Fig. 2 the shank b is shown as being made solidwith the holder 0, but in Fig. 6 it is shown as being made separate and so that if by any chance the shank becomes damaged a new one can be fitted.

In Fig. 6 two balls 9, g and two grooves 0 c are shown and the end of the bush and holder are spherical, thereby giving the bush a floating fit and insuring of a more certain clutch action. That is to say should one ball fail the other is there to act.

The improved holder will be made in various sizes, and each size will be provided with interchangeable bushes to suit the taper and size of the tool shank.

What I claim is A clutch or tool holder comprising in combination, a hollow cylindrical part with tapered shanlnv and said part having transverse openings in its wall, the inner end of each opening belng of smaller diameter than the. outer end, a sleeve rotatably and slidably he exterior of said cylindrimounted upon t being close-fitting at cal part, said sleeve three points and having annular recesses in its inner face, one of such recesses being comparatively short and bevel-ended while the other is comparatively long, means projecting from the said cylindrical part into the longer recess to hold the said sleeve to 36 the cylindrical part, a further cylindrical part adapted to fitwithin the said hollow cylindrical part and having inclined grooves on its exterior,'a hardened steel ball within each opening in the hollow cylindri- 40 on first named cylindri- 

